We performed a comparison between Acunetix and HCL AppScan based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Security Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of Acunetix is the UI and the scan results are simple."
"For us, the most valuable aspect of the solution is the log-sequence feature."
"Their technical support has been very active. If I have an issue, I can reach out to them and get an answer pretty quick."
"It's very user-friendly for the testing teams. It's very easy for them to understand things and to fix vulnerabilities."
"It comes equipped with an internal applicator, which automatically identifies and addresses vulnerabilities within the program."
"It can operate both as a standalone and it can be integrated with other applications, which makes it a very versatile solution to have."
"We use the solution for the scanning of vulnerabilities like SQL injections."
"The vulnerability scanning option for analyzing the security loopholes on the websites is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"Usually when we deploy the application, there is a process for ethical hacking. The main benefit is that, the ethical hacking is almost clean, every time. So it's less cost, less effort, less time to production."
"This is a stable solution."
"AppScan is stable."
"It's generally a very user-friendly tool. Anyone can easily learn how to scan"
"The most valuable feature of the solution is Postman."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution...The initial setup or installation of HCL AppScan is easy."
"It was easy to set up."
"The HCL AppScan turnaround time for Burp Suite or any new feature request is pretty good, and that is why we are sticking with the HCL."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the way the licensing model is currently is not very convenient for us because initially, when we bought it, the licensing model was very flexible, but now it restricts us."
"The solution's pricing could be better."
"When monitoring the traffic we always have issues with the bandwidth consumption and the throttling of traffic."
"Acunetix needs to improve its cost."
"The solution limits the number of scans. It would be much better if we could have unlimited scans."
"The vulnerability identification speed should be improved."
"I had some issues with the JSON parameters where it found some strange vulnerabilities, but it didn't alert the person using it or me about these vulnerabilities, e.g., an error for SQL injection."
"Acunetix needs to be dynamic with JavaScript code, unlike Netsparker which can scan complex agents."
"The pricing has room for improvement."
"There is not a central management for static and dynamic."
"We would like to see a check in the specific vulnerabilities in mobile applications or rooted devices, such as jailbreaking devices."
"IBM Security AppScan Source is rather hard to use."
"Sometimes it doesn't work so well."
"It has crashed at times."
"We would like to integrate with some of the other reporting tools that we're planning to use in the future."
"The product has some technical limitations."
Acunetix is ranked 16th in Application Security Tools with 26 reviews while HCL AppScan is ranked 14th in Application Security Tools with 39 reviews. Acunetix is rated 7.6, while HCL AppScan is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Acunetix writes "Fantastic reporting features hindered by slow scanning ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HCL AppScan writes " A stable and scalable product useful for application security scanning". Acunetix is most compared with OWASP Zap, Tenable.io Web Application Scanning, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional, Fortify WebInspect and Veracode, whereas HCL AppScan is most compared with SonarQube, Veracode, Checkmarx One, PortSwigger Burp Suite Professional and OWASP Zap. See our Acunetix vs. HCL AppScan report.
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